Table 2.
The accuracy and scores of knowledge and behavior before and after health education % (n)
| Kinds | Items | Before health education | After health education | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Changes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n = 1064) | Control group (n = 1018) | Intervention group (n = 1001) | Control group (n = 1001) | Intervention group | Control group | ||||||
| RID knowledge | k1. Which of the following are infectious diseases? | 15.70 (167) | 13.07 (133) | 96.70 (968) | 33.77 (338) | 0.09 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 81.01 | 83.64 |
| k2. What’s the transmission way of the mumps? | 61.75 (657) | 40.47 (412) | 41.36 (414) | 1.20 (12) | 0.30 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.69 | −20.39 | 0.89 | |
| k3. What methods can prevent mumps? | 21.52 (229) | 16.60 (169) | 97.30 (974) | 28.87 (289) | 0.00** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 75.78 | 80.70 | |
| k4. What’s the transmission way of the TB? | 76.60 (815) | 69.65 (709) | 99.40 (995) | 80.42 (805) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 22.80 | 29.76 | |
| k5. What are the symptoms of TB? | 82.43 (877) | 74.95 (763) | 99.90 (1000) | 88.81 (889) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 17.48 | 24.95 | |
| k6. Whether the examination and treatment of TB is free in China? | 9.96 (106) | 80.94 (91) | 38.26 (383) | 13.79 (138) | 0.45 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00** | 28.30 | −42.68 | |
| k7. Can the TB be cured? | 71.81 (764) | 62.28 (634) | 96.00 (961) | 74.93 (750) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 24.20 | 33.73 | |
| k8. What’s the transmission way of the flu? | 56.67 (603) | 57.27 (583) | 94.51 (946) | 52.15 (522) | 0.79 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.02* | 37.83 | 37.24 | |
| k9. What methods can prevent flu? | 22.37 (238) | 16.01 (163) | 16.78 (168) | 11.99 (120) | 0.00*** | 0.00** | 0.00*** | 0.64 | −5.59 | −40.49 | |
| Scores of knowledge towards infectious diseases (x̄±s) | 3.95 ± 1.49 | 3.59 ± 1.56 | 6.35 ± 0.76 | 4.31 ± 1.53 | 0.21 | 0.000*** | 0.00*** | 0.42 | – | – | |
| RID behaviors | b1. Do you wash your hands before having a meal? | 48.40 (515) | 34.48 (351) | 67.43 (675) | 38.86 (389) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.04* | 19.03 | 32.95 |
| b2. Do you wash your hands after you go to the toilet? | 58.18 (619) | 44.60 (454) | 71.83 (719) | 48.85 (489) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.06 | 13.65 | 27.23 | |
| b3. If you have phlegm, how do you usually deal with it? | 86.75 (923) | 81.14 (826) | 98.70 (988) | 89.11 (892) | 0.07 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 11.95 | 17.56 | |
| b4. Whether you cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing? | 48.40 (515) | 38.41 (391) | 71.33 (714) | 47.75 (478) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 22.93 | 32.92 | |
| b5. If you found you have a fever in school, what should you do? | 25.38 (270) | 13.95 (142) | 64.04 (641) | 17.58 (176) | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.03* | 38.66 | 50.09 | |
| b6. If you suspect yourself having TB, where will you go to see a doctor? | 15.70 (167) | 13.95 (142) | 49.05 (491) | 11.79 (118) | 0.25 | 0.00*** | 0.00*** | 0.15 | 33.36 | 35.10 | |
| Scores of behaviors towards infectious diseases (x̄±s) | 2.85 ± 1.36 | 2.30 ± 1.37 | 4.223 ± 1.443 | 2.56 ± 1.33 | 0.45 | 0.02* | 0.01* | 0.62 | – | – | |
P1 was the p-values of the comparison of knowledge and behavior towards RID between the intervention and control groups before health education; P2 was the p-values of the comparison of knowledge and behavior towards RID between the intervention and control groups after health education; P3 was the p-values of the comparison of knowledge and behavior towards RID of intervention group before-after health education; P4 was the p-values of the comparison of knowledge and behavior towards RID of control group before-after health education
Inference: *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05